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Bell Canada
www.bell.ca |
| Bell Canada, Canada's national leader in communications, provides connectivity to residential and business customers through wired and wireless voice and data communications, local and long distance phone services, high speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, ebusiness solutions and satellite television services. Bell Canada is wholly owned by BCE Inc. |
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Royal Bank of Canada Financial Group
www.rbc.com |
| Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY) uses the initials RBC as a prefix for its businesses and operating subsidiaries, which operate under the master brand name of RBC Financial Group. Royal Bank of Canada is Canada’s largest financial institution as measured by market capitalization and assets, and is one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies. It provides personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, corporate and investment banking, and transaction processing services on a global basis. The company employs 58,000 people who serve more than 12 million personal, business and public sector customers in North America and in some 30 countries around the world. |
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BMO Financial Group
www.bmo.com |
| Bank of Montreal, Canada’s oldest and fifth-largest bank, has approximately 1,000 branches serving individuals, government agencies, institutions, and large and small businesses, at home and abroad. The company, which is known as BMO Financial Group, provides mortgages, insurance, asset management services, and mutual funds in addition to banking services. BMO is a leading commercial player in chosen U.S. markets through Harris Bank in the Chicago area and Harris Nesbitt in the Midwest. |
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CIBC
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| CIBC is a leading North American financial institution with more than 11 million personal banking, business and institutional customers. Through its two distinct business lines, CIBC Retail Markets and CIBC World Markets, CIBC provides a full range of products and services – through branches and offices across Canada, in the United States and around the world, as well as a comprehensive electronic banking network. In 2006, revenue was $11.3 billion and net income was $2.6 billion. At year-end, market capitalization was $29.4 billion and Tier 1 capital ratio was 10.4%. The CIBC group of companies is a significant contributor to charitable organizations and community initiatives worldwide. In particular, CIBC raised $23.4 million to fight breast cancer through the 2006 Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure, and more than $12.7 million worldwide, (including over $3.7 million in Canada) on Miracle Day, in support of children's charities. |
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Canadian Tire
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Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is a growing network of interrelated businesses, engaged in retail, financial services and petroleum. 48,000 Canadians work across the Canadian Tire organization from coast-to-coast in the corporation's retail, financial services, petroleum and apparel businesses:
Canadian Tire Retail and its Associate Dealers together form one of Canada's best-known and most successful retailers, with more than 455 stores from coast to coast. Canadian Tire offers customers a large selection of national and retail brands under one roof - automotive parts, accessories and service; sports and leisure products; and home products.
PartSource is an automotive parts specialty chain with 47 stores designed to meet the needs of major purchasers of automotive parts - professional automotive installers and serious do-it-yourselfers.
Canadian Tire Financial Services offers a variety of financial products, primarily branded credit cards, that give Canadian Tire customers a choice of payment options, as well as increased loyalty rewards. The division also markets a variety of insurance and warranty products, in addition to operating an emergency roadside service. Financial Services also manages the Canadian Tire 'Money' On the Card loyalty program to credit card customers.
Canadian Tire Petroleum is the country's largest independent retailer of gasoline with more than 250 gas bars and more than 55 Simoniz car washes in Canada. In Ontario, Canadian Tire Petroleum operates a network of 14 Pit Stop locations offering customers a variety of automotive services including oil changes, rust check and other services.
Mark's Work Wearhouse is Canada's largest supplier of unisex apparel, offering an extensive collection of business casual, weekend and work wear and accessories for men and women between the ages of 25 and 60. Mark's Work Wearhouse operates more than 325 stores across Canada including L'Equipeur stores in Quebec. |
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IBM
www.ibm.com/ca
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| IBM Canada Ltd. is one of Canada's leading providers of advanced information technology, products, services and business consulting expertise. We are dedicated to helping our clients innovate and succeed through the end-to-end transformation of their business models and the application of innovative technology and business solutions. IBM Canada is headquartered in Markham, Ontario, and has nationwide responsibilities for sales, marketing and service. Our manufacturing and development operations include: a semiconductor packaging plant in Bromont, Quebec, and software development laboratories in Markham and Ottawa, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Victoria, British Columbia. At year-end 2006, IBM Canada and its wholly-owned subsidiaries employed 19,426 regular full-time and part-time people across the country. In addition, IBM provided temporary employment for 3,800 people, including 805 students, and we hired 1,363 regular full-time employees. |
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CGI
www.cgi.com |
| A complete commitment to helping clients achieve results. In the competitive IT services industry, it’s difficult to know what differentiates one company from the next. With CGI, you can be certain that we put our clients first—we take a unique approach to fostering client satisfaction. CGI’s client-proximity business model organizes our operations around metro markets, allowing us to be deeply rooted within our clients’ business communities. CGI’s global delivery model offers clients the value of remote delivery through onshore, nearshore and offshore expertise. Together, these models combine to offer clients the local accountability they desire at the value they need. |
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The Ministry of Government and Consumer Services
www.gov.on.ca |
| MGCS plays a very important role in the delivery of government services to the people of Ontario and is responsible for the government's workforce, procurement and technology resources. The ministry is focused on modernizing and improving front-line public services that
people depend on,and creating a modern regulatory framework to protect consumers and facilitate economic growth.MGCS is responsible
for building the best public service in the world in order to deliver on the government's commitment to being a responsive and innovative
world leader in customer service and consumer protection. Whether it is in Toronto, Ottawa, Thunder Bay or any of the other cities and
communities in this great province, the work of MGCS impacts the life of every Ontarian. |
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IIL Canada
www.iil.com/canada |
| IIL Canada is part of International Institute for Learning, Inc.’s (IIL) global group of companies. A global leader in Project, Program and Portfolio Management, Microsoft® Office Project, Business Analysis and Six Sigma corporate solutions, IIL Canada services include traditional and live eLearning classroom training, leadership simulation training, curriculum development, PM Office implementations, Unified Project Management® Methodology and training needs analysis. Most recently, IIL has launched a new asynchronous web-based training program, The Project Management eLibrary. IIL’s programs are offered through several tier one Universities including the prestigious University of Chicago, Graham School of General Studies and University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business. IIL is a PMI® Chartered Global Registered Educational Provider and a member of the PMI® Corporate Council and Platinum Alliance Circle. Learn more by calling 416-840-5960 or visit www.iil.com/canada. Also visit IIL’s PM portal www.allPM.com. |
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Nexient Learning Inc.
www.nexientlearning.com
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Nexient (formerly CDI-Polar Bear) is Canada's leading supplier of professional development programs for Project Managers and Business Analysts. The Nexient Master's Certificate in Project Management and the Certificate of Program Completion in Business Analysis are recognized by the George Washington University School of Business and Public Management in Washington D.C., McMaster University, Royal Roads University and the University of Quebec. For more information about how our learning solutions can help you or your organization visit us at www.nexientlearning.com.
www.projectworldcanada.com/toronto/toronto_symposiumsessions_ReducingProjectRisk.html
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The Information Architecture Group, Inc.
www.infoarchgroup.com |
| The Information Architecture Group is an international consulting company specializing in business and system requirements analysis using Best Business Requirements Practices™. We show and teach Business Analysts exactly how to discover, describe and document requirements and specifications resulting in projects being on-time, on-budget and with all the required functionality. |
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The Schulich School of Business
www.schulich.yorku.ca |
| Schulich offers limitless opportunities for career advancement at all levels: BBA, MBA, PhD and executive development. Schulich is a "global business school" featuring multiple strategic partnerships worldwide. The Schulich Executive Education Centre's Academy for Project Management is Canada's dedicated business school for Project Management training. The Masters Certificate on Project Management was created in order to provide a fasttrack, in-depth approach to the delivery of project management training that was Canadian in its roots as well as in its location and very importantly, that recognized the shortage of time with which most project managers are faced. With over 1600 graduates, it is considered Canada's largest training program for project managers. The Masters Certificate for Business Analysts is designed to train professional Business Analysts so that they can improve the quality and efficiency of the project requirement phase and save costs for organizations. As with the Masters Certificate in Project Management, this is an 18 day program running over 4 months. |
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Global Knowledge
www.globalknowledge.ca |
| Global Knowledge is the worldwide leader of superior hands-on instruction that improves personal and business performance. Our comprehensive approach to IT and Business training promotes rapid development of skills you use on the job every day. With more than 700 courses delivered via training centers, private facilities, and the Internet, our customers choose when, where, and how they want to train. Visit us online at www.globalknowledge.ca for more information, including free white papers in our Knowledge Center. |
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Ravenflow
www.ravenflow.com |
Ravenflow enables enterprises to deliver applications faster.
The award-winning RAVEN software for requirements elicitation and definition enables business analysts to quickly build stakeholder consensus on requirements, reduce the time required for stakeholders to approve specifications, reduce developer rework due to requirements errors, and seamlessly integrate requirements and testing.
RAVEN adds requirements elicitation and definition to the application lifecycle management platforms from IBM Rational, Telelogic, HP Mercury, and Microsoft Visual Studio.
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NewSolve
www.newsolve.com |
NewSolve’s mission is to provide solutions in a cost effective and efficient manner, leveraging our philosophy of rapid application design, development & deployment.
Our solutions consultants understand the challenges that organizations face when managing projects, programs or portfolios. NewSolve’s CANOPYv100™ Project Assistant, Program Coordinator and Portfolio Administrator are web-based applications providing a one-stop shop for collaboration, consolidation, and clarity into your organization’s vast array of project related work.
Join the many companies now benefiting from enhanced program reporting and real time insight. Please visit us at www.newsolve.com for more information.
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Microsoft
www.microsoft.com/en/ca/default.aspx |
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Achieveblue Corporation
www.achieveblue.com
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Achieveblue Corporation provides organizations with quantifiable, tangible diagnostics and a proven methodology needed to create a culture of success.
Achieveblue’s Enterprise Performance Framework integrates culture with strategy so that performance outcomes can be achieved. Through this framework, we ensure that all of our services lead to reinforcing and harnessing success behaviours.
We facilitate extraordinary results for our clients. They experience accelerated growth, speed of transformation and quantifiable employee and organizational performance.
Offerings include:
- Business Analysis Training
- Advanced Project Management
- Culture and Leadership Impact Assessment
- Leadership Development
- Sales and Client Relationship Training
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SOMOS
www.somos.com
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| With 16 years’ corporate experience as project management specialists, SOMOS has been turning complexity into clarity, chaos into plans, and action into results. SOMOS offers management solutions, professional services, and software tools that help its customers plan a clear path and achieve their business goals. SOMOS has delivered management and technical solutions for customers in a range of industries, including Information Technology, Aerospace and Defence, Product Development and Government. As a PMI Global Registered Education provider, SOMOS’ training and consulting practice support the industry-standard PMBOK framework and the Prince2 Method.
SOMOS had partnered with Deltek, the leading provider of enterprise applications software for project-focused organizations, to resell and implement their Enterprise Project Management (EPM) software suite. Deltek’s EPM Suite includes wInsight, Open Plan, Cobra, Risk+, WelcomRisk, WelcomPortfolio, and WelcomHome software tools.
SOMOS possesses the depth of knowledge, the breadth of experience, and the calibre of professionals to drive success. SOMOS provides its clients with A Clear Path to Results. |
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eDev Solutions
www.edev.ca
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| eDev Solutions streamlines software development by providing state-of-the-art requirements-development software that accelerates time to market, drives innovation and dramatically reduces development costs. InteGREAT Requirements Studio™ is an integrated requirements definition, validation, and simulation solution for Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers and End Users. InteGREAT™ automatically generates use cases and test cases and provides seamless integration with IBM Requisite Pro. |
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Bates
www.bates.ca |
| Project Management – it's what we do. And when it comes to project management we do it all. We know how to do it. We know how to pass on our knowledge to your organization, so that you can continue down your planned path towards project management excellence. |
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OSNUF Innovations Inc.
www.osnufinnovations.com/index1.html
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Osnuf Innovations Inc. is a premier provider of quality IT Business Analysis, Business Process Mgt. UML and CBAP Boot Camp training to Corporate Organizations and Individuals both on and off-site. Our Instructors are certified in their fields of specialties with over 20 yrs experience. Osnuf is an Endorsed Education Provider with IIBA. |
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Business Analyst Times
www.batimes.com |
| Business Analyst Times (batimes.com) is the only online magazine (eZene) dedicated to the business analysis community. Featuring articles, tips and tricks, industry links and more, our monthly eZene issues and website are full of great information for business analysts of all levels... and it's free! Visit www.batimes.com for a free subscription or to get additional information. |
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Methods & Tools
www.methodsandtools.com |
| Methods & Tools is a free e-newsletter providing practical expert knowledge for software development professionals. Methods & Tools gives software development ideas more than one page to express themselves and covers all aspects of software engineering: project management and planning, methodologies (UML, Agile), process improvement, quality & testing, configuration management,... |
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ProjectTimes
www.projecttimes.com |
| ProjectTimes.com is Canada's only online magazine dedicated to the project management communities of all industries. Featuring articles, tips and tricks, industry links and more, this site is full of great information for project managers of all levels... and it's free! |
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RQNG
www.requirementsnetwork.com |
| RQNG is a community website specifically devoted to the discipline of "I.T. Requirements Management". The primary focus of RQNG is Requirements, How to collect them, How to do it properly, How to test them, How to get them complete..... and also on tools, methodologies, education etc., which relate to requirements. |
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Training World
www.trainingworld.ca |
| TrainingWorld Newspaper’s contents include information about the training industry, where it is leading and the advantages of staff training. TrainingWorld.ca web site strives to host the largest online database of Canadian training providers for companies seeking to upgrade their human resource skills. |
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Project Connections
www.projectconnections.com |
| The theory is never enough! ProjectConnections.com provides real-world content including templates, checklists, how-to guidelines, and interactive learning opportunities, to help PMs and teams kick-start project deliverables, deal with problems, and learn new techniques fast. Corporate resource suites help PMOs and executives create practical project methodologies and provide daily support to managers and teams as they do their business-critical jobs. |
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IIBA
www.iiba.com |
| The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA™) is the only non-profit association serving the rapidly growing field of business analysis. Since its inception in 2003, the IIBA™ has been setting-and helping members meet-much-needed knowledge standards in requirements gathering, management and analysis, as well as systems analysis and process improvement. |
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MPA--The Official Industry Association for Microsoft Office Project.
www.mympa.org |
| MPA is a dynamic professional association that serves as the preeminent resource for Microsoft® Office Project. We help a worldwide community comprised of thousands of individual and corporate members better leverage their investment in Microsoft Office Project in their businesses and careers. Please drop by our booth and ask how our members and sponsors succeed in the Project Community and learn about our new certification from our Founding Sponsor Nexient. |
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PMI - Project Management Institute
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Project Management Institute
Project Management Institute (PMI), with more than 225,000 members in over 150 countries, is the world’s foremost advocate for the project management profession. A vital and forward-thinking organization, PMI is comprised of 252 - chartered chapters, 30 Specific Interests Groups (SIGs) and two colleges. PMI sets industry standards, conducts research and provides education, certification and professional exchange opportunities designed to strengthen and further establish the profession Within easy traveling distance of ProjectWorld Toronto are many Chapters representing over 6,000 members and many SIGs and two Local Interest Groups (LIGs) who collectively represent another 6,000 members. Many of these Chapters, SIGs and LIGs are represented in the PMI Pavilion this year. |
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Canadian Institute of Management |
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CompTIA Canada
www.comptia.org |
| CompTIA is a global trade association representing the business interests of the
information technology industry. CompTIA certifications are created with the support and
guidance of leading companies and subject matter experts. CompTIA Project+
certification is for professionals in all industries who want to prove their mastery of core
project management skills, including conflict resolution, negotiation, communication,
team building/leadership, and setting and managing expectations. |
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Canadian Association of Management Consultants
www.camc.com |
CMC-Canada fosters excellence and integrity in the management consulting profession as a whole. CMC-Canada administers, and its provincial Institutes confer, the CMC designation in Canada. The Association and its members advocate for the CMC designation and are dedicated to advancing the profession and delivering the benefits of those efforts to the client community. CMC-Canada is a founding member of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI).
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CIPS
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| The CIPS mandate is IT professionalism. CIPS works to set quality IT standards and practices that will benefit all Canadians. The professional association providing leadership information systems and technologies. To provide leadership in information systems and technologies by developing and promoting quality standards and practices, research, certification, and professional development while safeguarding the public interest. |
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